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6 Citizen Input In order to solicit citizen input and participation in the Soccer Symposium , the Task Force developed a flyer that served the dual purposes of advertising the symposium and permitting individuals to express their interest in and support for soccer ( see Attachment C ) . These were distributed by task force members in the weeks prior to the . symposium . Press releases were also developed and sent to the media to encourage citizen participation at the symposium . Task Force members returned flyers containing a total of 598 names . Of these 598 individuals , 496 expressed interest in youth soccer and 156 expressed interest in adult soccer. Specific comments included the following . ■ Create more/better fields with lights ■ Would improve soccer standards at OHS and help win games ■ Would help people improve their soccer skills ■ More practice makes for better skills ■ Free up practice/game space for other team sports ■ To have a place of your own to be proud of ■ ( It ) can be more convenient for soccer players - reduce travel ■ Need more sports facilities for youth in Hillsborough and Northern Orange County ■ Spend money now for the future of youth sports ■ People are interested in playing sports - don ' t deny them that ■ I have always wanted to play soccer in a real soccer complex ■ Orange County deserves the same support and facilities as other systems ■ Soccer promotes health , cooperation and teamwork - requires little equipment and appeals to all economic levels ■ Need safer and better maintained fields -- will reduce injury and save knees ■ Numerous youth comments ( " Soccer kicks grass , " " Soccer is cool , " " Soccer rules " ) ■ More grass on fields ■ Put $ to good use ■ Indoor soccer dome ■ Soccer is critical to the character and integration of the community ■ Just don 't raise taxes to do this As mentioned previously , the symposium was held the evening of Wednesday , April 26th at the A . L . Stanback Middle School . ( The program is shown in Attachment D . ) Rick Kennedy , a member of the Orange County School Board whose interest and preliminary research helped lead to the establishment of the task force , moderated the program . Opening remarks were presented by the following elected officials , who spoke about how they got involved with this effort : Jim Ward , Chapel Hill Town Council Diana McDuffee , Carrboro Board of Aldermen Mark Sheridan , Hillsborough Board of Commissioners Barry Jacobs , Orange County Board of Commissioners Other elected officials in attendance at the symposium included Commissioner Moses Carey , Commissioner Steve Halkiotis , and Carrboro Alderman Jacquie Gist .